Win: Shinji Yamaguchi (11-7) Loss: Masato Baba (17-7)
Inning: 1 St. Louis Masato Baba pitching. Pedro Moore singles to center field. Bob Hines walks. Frank Joyce hits a home run. Pedro Moore scores. Bob Hines scores. Jim Hughes flies out to the right fielder. Robert Traynor flies out to the center fielder. Jesse Burke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Shinji Yamaguchi pitching. Dan Hash grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Ugueth Page grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Musselman singles to center field. Frank Musselman steals second. Gene Clark grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 St. Louis Steve Engel grounds out to the pitcher. John Skinner singles to center field. Shinji Yamaguchi lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pedro Moore flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Mike Nichols strikes out. Brent Phelan pops out to the shortstop. Mike Dolan doubles to center field. Eric Nill doubles to right field. Mike Dolan scores. Masato Baba grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 St. Louis Bob Hines grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Joyce singles to left field. Frank Joyce steals second. Jim Hughes strikes out. Robert Traynor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Dan Hash flies out to the center fielder. Ugueth Page flies out to the center fielder. Frank Musselman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 St. Louis Jesse Burke flies out to the center fielder. Steve Engel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Skinner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Gene Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Nichols singles to center field. Brent Phelan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 St. Louis Shinji Yamaguchi flies out to the center fielder. Pedro Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hines strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Mike Dolan grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Nill flies out to the right fielder. Masato Baba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 St. Louis Frank Joyce hits a home run. Jim Hughes singles to center field. Robert Traynor flies out to the right fielder. Jesse Burke strikes out. Jim Hughes steals second. Steve Engel walks. John Skinner pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Dan Hash singles past the first baseman. Ugueth Page grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Dan Hash advances to second on the play. Frank Musselman flies out to the right fielder. Gene Clark singles to center field. Dan Hash scores. Mike Nichols pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 St. Louis Shinji Yamaguchi strikes out. Pedro Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hines grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Brent Phelan flies out to the center fielder. Naoki Sasaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jim Daubert is pinch hitting for Mike Dolan. Jim Daubert singles past the third baseman. Eric Nill singles to center field. Tex Jay is pinch hitting for Masato Baba. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tex Jay flies out to the left fielder. Dan Hash grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 St. Louis Nick Llewellyn pitching. Gary Farmer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Daubert at C. Frank Joyce flies out to the center fielder. Jim Hughes walks. Robert Traynor doubles to center field. Jim Hughes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jesse Burke singles to center field. Robert Traynor scores. Jesse Burke steals second. Steve Engel hits an infield single to the pitcher. John Skinner pops out to the first baseman. Bob Gilbreath is pinch hitting for Naoki Sasaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Engel steals second. Bob Gilbreath singles past the shortstop. Jesse Burke scores. Steve Engel scores. Pedro Moore walks. Bob Hines flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Johnny Jackson pitching. Ugueth Page singles to left field. Frank Musselman singles to left field. Ugueth Page advances to third on the hit. Gene Clark flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ugueth Page scores. Frank Musselman steals second. Mike Nichols grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Musselman advances to third on the play. Brent Phelan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 St. Louis Frank Joyce flies out to the left fielder. Jim Hughes singles to left field. Robert Traynor pops out to the second baseman. Jesse Burke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Gary Farmer grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Nill walks. Chet Fox is pinch hitting for Nick Llewellyn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chet Fox strikes out. Dan Hash walks. Ugueth Page strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 St. Louis total runners LOB: 7 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 8
St. Louis Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Batista improves in power_vs_righty Rich Stanhouse improves in endurance Alvaro Begley did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Hulen improves in power_vs_lefty Sherman Johnson improves in control Stan Day improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Batista did not respond to coaching in LF
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Pitts did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ed Sanchez improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Morman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Schneider did not respond to coaching in velocity Gary Alston did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Downs improves in velocity